Bachmann Trains HO scale Climax locomotive

Angled connecting rods whir away and the chuffing sounds of the exhaust become louder and more rapid as the Climax slowly but steadily climbs the hill. Is this a scene from the Appalachian backwoods? No, it’s the Bachmann Spectrum three-truck Climax on our HO scale Milwaukee, Racine & Troy layout. Equipped with a SoundTraxx Tsunami Digital Command Control (DCC) sound decoder, this Bachmann Spectrum series locomotive is an accurate model of gear-driven steam locomotive in motion.

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